de Jong, Kent

Research Interests

Requirements generation, requirements modeling, system modeling

Background

Mr. Kent de Jong has 25 years of professional systems and software engineering experience as a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. During this time he worked on satellites, weapons, security systems, simulations, and information systems supporting several government and commercial customers. His responsibilities included requirements development and management, engineering standards development, product qualification and certification, software tool development, systems analysis, software development, and quality engineering. He has extensive experience in model-based systems engineering and the use of SysML, UML, and DOORS.

Mr. de Jong holds an MBA in Finance from the University of New Mexico, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is a Certified Systems Engineering Profession (CSEP) and a member of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society, Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society, and the Eta Kappa Nu International Electrical Engineering Society.